The Patient Expected a Free Checkup. The Bill Was $1,430.
Carmen Aiken of Chicago made an appointment for an annual physical exam in July 2023, planning to get checked out and complete some blood work.…
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Fast Action From Bystanders Can Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival. Many Don’t Know What To Do.
When a woman collapsed on an escalator at the Buffalo, New York, airport last June, Phil Clough knew what to do. He and another bystander…
As a Diversity Grant Dies, Young Scientists Fear It Will Haunt Their Careers
Adelaide Tovar, a University of Michigan scientist who researches genes related to diabetes, used to feel like an impostor in a laboratory. Tovar, 32, grew…
Trump Administration Retreats From 100% Withholding on Social Security Clawbacks
The Social Security Administration is backing off a plan it announced in March to withhold 100% of many beneficiaries’ monthly payments to claw back money…
RFK Jr. Exaggerates Share of Autistic Population With Severe Limitations
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attracted notice — and in some quarters, outrage — for remarks about autism, a topic he’s clashed with…
When Hospitals Ditch Medicare Advantage Plans, Thousands of Members Get To Leave, Too
For several years, Fred Neary had been seeing five doctors at the Baylor Scott & White Health system, whose 52 hospitals serve central and northern…
When They Don’t Recognize You Anymore
It happened more than a decade ago, but the moment remains with her. Sara Stewart was talking at the dining room table with her mother,…
Cuando los abuelos ya no te reconocen
Ocurrió hace más de una década, pero el momento permanece en su memoria. Sara Stewart conversaba con su madre, Barbara Cole, entonces de 86 años,…
Moms in Crisis, Jobs Lost: The Human Cost of Trump’s Addiction Funding Cuts
When the Trump administration cut more than $11 billion in covid-era funds to states in late March, addiction recovery programs suffered swift losses. An Indiana…
What ‘Fertilization President’ Trump Can Learn From State Efforts To Expand IVF Access
For nearly three agonizing years, Mariah Freschi and her husband have been trying to have a second baby. The California mother recently underwent surgery to…